Refrigerator-lining construction



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H..J. GWYER REFRIGERATOR LINING CONSTRUCTION I Filed ma 25,- 1921 2Sheets-Sheet 2 2 gwvewcoz ffdfiw e Patented June 30, 1925.

UNITED STATES I HERBERT J. GWYER, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK.

BEFRIGERATOR-LINING CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed May 25, 1921. Serial No. 472,537.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT J. Gwrnma citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, haveinvented a new and useful Refrigerator-Lining Construction, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to a refrigerator construction and particularly toa unitary lining for the same.

It is an object of the invention to provide a cheap, serviceable lining.

It'is a further object to so formthe unitary lining as to provide novelmeans for holding the same in a cabinet.

It is a further object to so form the lining as to provide very smoothjoints which will be well suited to receive a porcelain covering.

Other objects and features of invention will be apparent as thespecification pro- I ceeds.

In the preferred form of my invention a single sheet is formed toprovide the back and two sides or ends, and separate sheets form the topand bottom. The front is preferably left open to provide access to theinterior through the usual refrigerator. doors. The top and bottomlining sections are secured to theback and ends, preferably by providingflanges at the abutting portions, and then securing the flanges togetherto form a unitary lining. At the four front edges of the lining flangesare preferably provided and projecting-flanges are also preferablyprovided around the top and bottom edges of the unitary lining. Acabinet to receive my unitary lining is, so formed as to providerecesses to receive .the flanges above mentioned for securing theunitary lining in place.

In the drawings, which are merely for illustrative purposes, a preferredform is shown; 1 5

' Figure 1 isa partially diagrammatic, per spective view of arefrigerator construction embodying featuresof my invention, parts beingbroken away to expose interior construction Fig. 2 is a fragmentaryperspective view of one corner post and a top or bottom frame;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view of the constructionshown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is'a horizontal sectional view of the unitary lining, parts beingbroken out;

ner of the unitary lining; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail of one cor- Fig. 6 is a perspective viewof a shelf support.v I

In said illustrative drawings the cabinet is formed of sections. The twofront corner posts 5, 6 are secured together at the top and bottom bymeans of to and bottom tie rails, such as 7, The rear corner posts, suchas 8, may be similarly secured together, and panel boards are secured inplace between the posts.

The top and bottom sections of the cabinet are preferably substantialduplicates of each other and include frames compos'edof end sections 9,9 and front and back sections 10,

11. The corner posts and the framing'members of the top and bottom unitsare preferably of substantially the same cross section and sections areclearly shown out in Fig. 2.

prise frames composed of members, such as. 12, 12, and these'framesinterfit with the top and bottom units and with the corner posts, as isclearly shown in Figsnl and 3. As shown particularly in Fig. 3, theoutside panel board 13 is simply slid into place between the cornerposts, and the top and bottom units serve to 'hold thefpanel board inplace. 1

' The parts of the cabinet gether by any suitable means, but I prefer touse the rod holding construction such as shown in my co-pending.application, Serial No. 383,346, filed May 22, 1920, wherein rods passlongitudinally through the corner posts and anchor the topfand bottomunits together for 'holding the cabinet; in assembled form. 1

The unitary lining for the cabinet comprises top and bottom, back'andside lining sections, the back lining section 15 being preferably formedintegral with the end sections 16. At the front of the end liningsections there are preferably formed flanges The end panel memberspreferably com-r may 'be herd to- 4 17, which'fit between the cornerposts and a the end panel members, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1.'Around the top and bottom of the backand end lining sections flanges 18In the specific form' flangesare secured together in anysuitable manner,as by indenting or spot welding the flanges together, as indicatedat-2l. It is obvious that the flanges could be-other--- wise securedtogether, but it is preferable,

for the sake of cheapness, to secure it to.--,

gether only at spaced intervals. If desired, one of the flanges at thecorners may be formed to engage the surface of the other liningID6II1b81,aS shown at 22. The'flange would, of course, be removed at thecorner, from the member which is engaged by the flange 22 -As is shownin Fig. 1, thetop and bottom lining sections are provided with flanges23 fittin between the cabinet top and bottom and thetie rails. In thespecific formshown the'top and bottom lining sections are dished or panshaped and the flanges 23 aresubstantially parallel'to the mai' body orthe top and bottom sections. Y

In assembling my u'nitaryj lining in a V cabinet of the specialformshown, the'lining is first placed'on the bottom unit with the lowerflanges in'the recesses in the bottom provided therefor. The bottom -ofthe dished lining preferably rests uponone of the panel boards in thecabinet bottom. The end units of the cabinet are next set in place onthebottom with the lower flanges on thelining in the recesses asshown'in Figs; -'1 and 3. The front andbackunits of-the Y cabinet arethen set in place on the -bottom unit and serve to hold the front andrear flanges of the lining to the bottom of the cabinet, and thevertical flanges 17 are held between-the ends and the front of the cabi--net.fi Thelcabinet top isthen'put in place andthe flanges at the upperend of the lining are held between the top and the abutting side-unitsas shown in'Figs. '-1 and 3. The'top and bottom cabinet members are thensecured together to hold all theparts 'in assembled relation; It :willbe seen that by'assemblingthe unitary lining as just described,'thelatter will be securely held in place against movement in any direction.

An ice compartment 25 is provided in -the refrigerator and is preferablyof theremov able type as described in jmy co-pending application, SerialNo 474,373, filed J une 2,

: Inorder to support shelves in-the food compartment, I employ abar 26having -a book 27 at the upper end which passes through an aperture inthe lining, and the bottom of the bar 26 may likewise be provided with aprojection 0r hook 28' passing through a correspondingly placed apertureinI the lining. The rod is bent at one or more places lntermediate itsends to pro'vide shelf supports 29z29.\

:It' will :be seen that I have provided a unitary lining which will beexceedingly cheap to manufacture and which will be very serviceable whenin "use. Theseams or joints between the sections are smooth upon theinside thus providing a lining well adapted to receive a porcelainor'other coating. The dished top and bottom of the lining give afinished, smooth appearance and reduce to a minimum the danger ofhavingliquid 'on the bottom pass through the seams or'joints. Theassembling of such alininglining open at-the front,-outwardlyproject- 1. In a refrigerator construction, a unitary v 111gflanges adjacent the top and bottom of saidliningyan'gular flangesat'twosides of the open front, said projecting flanges being adapted tofit between thetop and bottom 2 respectively and the sides of a cabinet,and

said angular flanges at theopen front being adapted-to fit between thefront of the sides of the cabinet.

tions, some of said sections having angular-1y outwardly projectingflanges at-thetop and and two I 2. Infa refrigerator constructiom 'a'uni" tar'y 'lining'compnsmg back and side secbottom, a top liningsection, a bottom lining section, said top and bottom lining 'sectionsbeing rigidly secured tothe flanges aforesaid, said flanges'bein'gadapted to fit between 'thftOp and bottom respectively and the sides ofa cabinet 1 3.-"In' a refrigerator""construction, 'a"u'ni-'f tar ylining comprising "back and side sections, a-dishedtop lining section, adished bottom lining section, flanges on thevertical and horizontaledges of side sections and "projecting angularlyoutwardly therefrom,flanges on the top and bottomj'section's pro-' jecting outwardly [in "a:direction a substantially; parallel to the. body of'the top and bottomsections, said-flanges being adapted v i to fit between'the :front,-top', bottom and two sides of a cabinet. r

4. In "a refrigerator construction, a unitary lining"comprising-back andside sections, a topsection, a bottom section, said terengaging withparts'of the back'and side sections, said flanges and parts beingpermanently united at spaced'points.

In a refrigerator construction, a unitary lining comprising-backand'side sections, and top andb'ottom sections, said top and bottomsections and said back and side sections *ha'ving interengagingoverlapping flanges forsecuringthe top and bottom sections to the backandside sections aforesaid. 6. In acabinet construction, a unitarylintop and bottom sections' having flanges in ing comprising back, side,top and bottom sections secured together to form a unit open at thefront, a cabinet for said unitary lining and having a narrow recessadjacent the top, an outwardly projecting horizontal flange on saidunitary lining and fitting in said recess in the cabinet for positioningthe unitary lining vertically in the cabinet.

7. In a cabinet construction, a unitary lining comprising back, side,top and bottom sections secured together to form a unit open at thefront, a cabinet for said unitary lin ing and having a narrow recessadjacent the bottom, an outwardly projecting horizontal flange on saidunitary lining and fitting in said recess in the cabinet for positioningthe unitary lining vertically in the cabinet.

8. In a cabinet construction, a cabinet having a removable front, aunitary lining for said cabinet comprising back and side sections, andtop and bottom sections secured to said back and side sections, saidside sections having flanges directed outwardly and extending beyond theoutside of said side sections, said flanges fitting between theremovable oabinet front and the adjacent sides for positioning theunitary lining in th cabinet.

HERBERT J. GWYER.

